ghc-8.2.1: The GHC API

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LanguageHaskell2010

HsDumpAst

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Description

Contains a debug function to dump parts of the hsSyn AST. It uses a syb traversal which falls back to displaying based on the constructor name, so can be used to dump anything having a Data.Data instance.

Synopsis

Dumping ASTs

showAstData :: Data a => BlankSrcSpan -> a -> String Source #

Show a GHC syntax tree. This parameterised because it is also used for comparing ASTs in ppr roundtripping tests, where the SrcSpan's are blanked out, to avoid comparing locations, only structure